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MERICUS CAN OBTAIN A 1000 T( BET THAT WE WON'T killed WHILE FLYING. FORTY-THIRD YEAR.—NO.33. H ow btave «• you enough to take a ride Wane if you got the chance Your chancee of being kil rode in an airplane? Y ov an idea about it from the Insurance policies now beii for death in flight. panics if* ° f the ,eadn **<”»- paniea will give you an air-death in surance of *5.000 for a period of 2d AMER1CUS, GEORGIA. THURSDAY AFTERNOON. AUGUST 18, 1921, . Brave an air- PRICE FIVE VAMPS EXIT! SNUGGLERS ENTER! TURNS AGAINST FATHER WHO' SLEW PRIEST Intention' To lerican Diplomat In ■ew Words Paints Vivid Picture The truth about (amine-stricken , Russia as it is today Is, summer- | lied la a (ew Words by Charles R. , Crane in this exclusive dispatch sent out to the Times-Recorder t trough tho Newspaper Enter-rise'' Association. Crano, former minis ter to China, has just crossed Siber ia and Russia (rom east to west on bis way home. BY CHARLES R. CRANE- BERLIN, Aug. 18—Russia needs the sympathy rf every human heart and tho aid of every charitable hand. The news embargo of the government is quite as disastrous as the commer cial embargo of the Allies. Not Only is there material starva tion. There is-also religious'and in tellectual starvation. Medical andj scientific men have had no Journals and no communication with confreres abroad for years. Few newspapers are published and these contain no real news. Also these have little circulation, being placed on billboards for accidental readers. The government controls all press es , and no special publications, eith- er religious or scientific, are possiblo. , There is real horror in this Intel- Conspiracy Laid In ioritv Report To Ex- Army fudge WASHINGTON, August 18—Sam uel T. Ansell, former acting'judgi of the U. S. army and of the pri* oners legal counsel; Col. John E, Hunt and Col. C. C. Cresson were charged with conspiracy in connec tion with tile escape of Grover Cleve land llergdoll, rich draft dodger, In a report signed by three of the five members of tile special investigating committee filed today with the house. Characterizing Ansell as the "mast er tnind" in the plan which released aeredoll to search for a pot of gold tno majority report recommended that he be disbarred from practicing in the .courts of the! nation, “above whose safety and Integrity he plac ed gold.’' V The minority report, field at the same time, however, held there wmi no testimony to support the charge thill Ancnll . T “of f whiV Car ° nlv wi?hd b ° nd |- >33 a^year ago Onl? W * * 2°,682,.192 quarts! whiskiTwilVh tt6r 0t ° fcw vear " until wnisky will be as scarce as opium. . SPEED ccived C te n n‘ ? ortlan has iust re- wm c„ I ?!l yton a Dostcard that was en route 1C years. And Charles Boston, of Lorain. O . f?n J'r 1 r t cei , ved , a card that started from Cumberland, O.. July 16, 1910. .life w,I J l aay ‘hat Will Hays is stirnng up the postal service. Others tali F,? nce on ,th«e Instances of w.i “U" an<l larab »ste the whole postal system. , Yet for every letter that gets lost Juu ,“” »oy nis mis takes and overiooki his good points. _ WAR ZONE Doughboys, if you could return to recognfze°it e ** France ‘ you wouldn’t More than three-foruths of France s war destruction has b*en rebuilt, says a French government report. wlri, 0r QOon n, t l *,’ J the War W‘ France ? t b r»dgea destroyed. AH but 275 of these have been rebuilt. France’s repairs of war damages explode the notion that Europe Isn’t settling down to work. LOST? 89b That money we loaned to Europe will we ever get it back? If we do. It’ll wipe out about half of our war debt. Great Britain, for one, apparently is in better financial condition than, most of us realize. Although Great Britain has sold a lot of her foreign securities during the war. she Mill has *15,000,000,000 invested abroad—(3 for every *1 she owes. I The British national income la about *22,000,000,000 a year. That’s I 83 oer cent more than fir 1913. I The average banker would call that I I me cnargv that Ansell “conspired to effectuate his escape," or that his motive waa improper. Still At Work Here With Most Other Counties Through Of 160 counties in Georgia 147 havtv'mnde their tax digest return- to the state. Of thq. 18 counties which have not Sumter county Is one, pie county tax equalizers, who have been busy on the returns for a num ber of week*, are still at work, but are expected to finish vory shortly. The returns thus for reported to the •Hi** shown shrinkage over last year of *73.000,008, according to At lanta figures.; The Sumter county re- turns also will show some shrinkage, it is undentood, a reduction in prop erty values being permitted genoraly bv the board on the theory that prop- i erty has a lower market value than i last year. Tho property value shrink age at one tlmo was expected by tho . equalizers to reach 20 per cent. Last ! The majority held that Hunt was dircctily responsible for the escape of Borgdoli through failure to handcuff his prisoner or furnish adequate qunrd. It criticized Cresson for hit conduct in pretense of prosecution of Hunt.” The minority, after declaring no army officer ‘‘knowingly participated 0 “"•Piracy" found “grave dere. L c : °i! , ot . tluty on *he part of Hunt," hut didn’t mention Cresson. lectual isolation. rraasas of *200,000.000 over 1919 variation. Tax Commissioner Full- bright expresesd the view that the decrease of only *78,900,000 or less than 10 peri cent is remarkable in view of the fact that the state has Just gone through one of tho most y.rcssing financial crises) since re construction days. CRISP RETURNS ARE RAISED BY FULLBRIGHT CORDELE, Aug. 18.—Under a condition V' ‘ " *2,110,000 tax digest for the -Rail Funding Bill To Pass Early Next Wee WASHINGTON, Aug.'18.—Favt e railroad fundd odny by the bou - '• The Kontsb t(( hav-* tho liotli nearly next «rn« MARILLYN MILLER, WHO IS FLO ZIEGFELD’S nnrt OMirnn? cm w MODEL SNUGGLER. CHICAGO, August 18. — If you “ want to catch a rich husband this loo year, giria, you’ll have to be "snug- a . nd glers." jh»ni . J*h® "sauggier" as a type of fomi- P “ nine beauty has supplanted the “lit. p ow tie vamp," the “baby doll" ind all “) *h* ulhcr .t y pes of yesteryear. bob! t M ha t * ve , r<li , ct ot Florenz /.leg. s hor feld, Jr., America a greatest Mlhori- insa ty on female pluchritudo. The "inpggicr" la going to bo the In n pass the measari Comittoe am>'ii the act ahall in proposed Kovornim-nt relief f. era. in the tax digest of I uasev me annnKaRe m value or prop- **'V *jr* •"’? County .of 1920, erty returned, however, the boart ? tatc , Tax Commissioner Fullbright I has been at work thia year ferreting J 108 {pen action to raise the entire out note*, bond* and other inviaible £•* digest of the county for this year property which has not been returned,! 26 P®* cent. Tax Receiver C. O. and it is undostood n lnrgo amountI Ferry, tho board of tax assessors for not heretofore taxed hhs been placed ' the county and other ocidals inter- on the books. Valuation of all of cjtcd been oflcially notified of this has been fixed bv conference with the raise. • tho property owner, who in every The board of county tax assessors case, it is said, has been called before composed of J. S. Pate, chairman, S. the board and an agreement reached G. Walls and J. O. Slade, have con- on the figure for assessment, this eluded not to arbitrate the raise as- JrhUwil«L nny « ,l i er di l a ?K eme m t A 0r ae *? e i b y tba Btat « tax commissioner, arbitration. How much thia will to- and the raise will,stand as fixed by tal remains yet to be computed. Tho the state official y board ia at present working in Plain*. The communication, from Mr. Pull- £ATEaVALUATION3 tefwi Rtr cent,*0*1* ottt thatu^m! ^AffiAt'IuTT-The vain.- ^me^iS^frilp* "how I Wm. J. Burns Heads MARKETS AMERICUS SPOT COTTON i. Good Middling 11 i-2c.j “ NEW YORK FUTURES f Prev. Close ?2.78 ^3A» 18 *S ,° n n .® n K 12-85 13.24 18.Sf . 10:16 am 12.78 13.20 lS.ff . 2 12 ‘ 78 13.18 lsji . --12.78 13.18 llR 1 12.75 13.17 114 • Jl-30 12.71 13.12 18.1 l?/®® — 12.78 13.18 18.1 . P m *:12.83 13.25 184* ’ 12:30 - 12.86 13.29 18.11 , 12:45 12.83 13.28 114 ' 12.88 13.26 184 1:30 12.88 13.34 18.1 1 2:00 „.12.80 13.32 18.8 i 2:16 J2.03 13.36 13.4 - 2:30 12.04 13.35 13.4 2:45 12.93 13.39 i 8 .4| Close 12.98 43.41 13.4S WEATHER AND CROP SYNOPSIS .ATLANTA, Aug. 18.—SynopMa or weather and crop conditions itt c.coigia for the w*;ec ending Tues day, August 16. Showers were vary frequent during tho ivec'< in ail aions ami there ia almost genarti complaint of too much rain, rxcsM in »no South-rest wurrt there was more sunshine and in a number of northern counties where drought had irevailcd. Temperatures hava not been very high. Cotton has not im proved materially; although it hm. in many counties, a large weed, ItS not fruiting well, and there is evt. dence that there will be but a poet West Looking For 6c : Merchant On Trial Price—Now 10 Cents ~ Here Now ia the time to sell your hogs, ■ccordlng to indications. The best price in some time is being paid here, although the quotations are slumping off in the north and west. In fact, the South just now is getting us much for hogs as is bring paid in Chicago, there being no differential on account of “aoft” meat. A friend of the Times-Recorder, who also ies n friend of the farmer, submita the'following information: “Hogs arc -low wdrtli about 10 cents B n foot. September ribs (curcdl arc quotqd 9:30. Cash ribd are quote j f. b. Chicago 9.25 to 10.2."-, according to weight. It appeals that it ia a good time to sell on foot, and I am ad- For Slaying Of Girl RU88ELLVILLE, Ala., Aug. 18.— Fred H. Hall, merchant, waa placed on trial here today charged with the murder of Mis. Martha Henderson, of Dallas. Tex. Tha girl Was shot to death in front of hla store, the testl- THE ORDER OF THE DAY P «y. in j>: To Procecd. Cif F “ d, p^s Al8 ‘he c! council tonight the ordinance ordir- Ing the proposed pavimt on East Church street to proceed will be pau- nnde «*ood today. th ° '!** mee *ip e .*wo weeks ago, when protests were heard and a delqy of two weeks voted, orrange- ments'have been made by the city to borrow the money from L. C. Coun cil to finance the project at 8 per ““* Interest, this eliminating the beat previoua bid of 15 tier cent above eoet to finance-the project and accept J. ,a * J 0 f. d * l *5« d Paymenta op the 'VII, uui a pof top crop; there is considerable sh« ding on account of exeesive moiitur and the damage by the boll weevil t course continues; cotton is openis " p . tD * h *. central portions of tt state and picking is progressing slov i u Wl Probably become geni ral bytbc end of August. Corn I good, especially the late crop; hai vesting early matured corn is unde way and fodder pulling continue, Late tobacco has been injured by e, cossive moisture. Planting the! fa) crop nf while potatoes is progressing Locally in the southeast sweet pot- toes have been injured by tm much rain, but generally the cra^J v.-rv (mod: digging continues,,^® nulz are doing well. thougj^f^^B sufrering frrm too much -IuncbM enrly peanuts so* being 1 Sugar-cane, sorghum, rice, w beans amt field ness are atl Late vegetables did well. MH I.ONDON Au.r. 18- (By A. iocuit. e.l Preesl—Prenver l.loy.1 George, l»: u statement in Commons' today concerning the rev,it conferei.ee of t imperial pren ers, qaid the ronfer- Pnce had recognised unanimnusiy That Japan had lovaiiy observed the at'err.ce with Great Britain during the vir. He aekr l wss it light ihut Great Britain should now sav to Japan, “7 hink y u for tl.» t rouble you have liV-n, but we don’t want you any It nger ” 'there are cries of "fti” frcio the Ct p monem. Men To Strawberries DAWSON, August 18. — “After Meeting On Solution I I'AKiSy^Auf* i: Summoned ... .-bo Upper Sile-iaz question will oe heid at Geneva be ginlng Auguit 21. Viscount Iiidl, president of the'council, sent nut an tlficini, call to.Jiy, melons ere ern countie dant. Plant: for winter